ARROW is committed to promoting and protecting women's health rights and needs, particularly in the area of women's sexuality and reproductive health.

We believe that good health and well-being and access to comprehensive and affordable gender-sensitive health services are fundamental human rights.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

ARROW and Women’s Health and Rights Advocacy Project- South East Asia (WHRAP-SEA) is very pleased to announce the launch of an interactive online resource centre for young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. This website contains information from the regional, national and grass root initiatives from Burma, Cambodia, China, Lao, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and beyond. The initiatives bridge the unique challenges faced by young people in the region in the sphere of gender, HIV/AIDS and SRHR. To visit the website, please go to : www.srhr4youth.org.

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The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Database of Indicators is a direct result of ARROW’s ICPD+15 regional project, which involves data collection and verification by ARROW and her 22 partners across 12 countries in the region. The database uses a framework of 79 cross‐country ICPD‐SRHR indicators to compare the status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in 12 Asian countries -  Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, The Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. This database aims to enrich the understanding of SRHR achievements in countries by providing data on additional rights-based indicators. To view the database, please go to www.srhrdatabase.org

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The Women’s Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP)–South Asia is a programme which aims to promote marginalised women`s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right (SRHR) in South Asia. To view the website, please go to www.whrap.org 

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New Publications

~Hot Off The Press!~ 

ARROW is very pleased to share with you the complete series of Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - a compilation of regional overviews and national level case studies on specific sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, such as sexuality, privatization and its impact on SRHR, women’s reproductive autonomy and maternal mortality and morbidity in Asia

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - ICPD+15: Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia -  A comprehensive monitoring report of 15 years of ICPD implementation in 12 Asian countries, this monitoring report on the status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia paints a picture of uneven progress across 12 countries. Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series 1: Sexuality and Rights in Asia

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series 1: Sexuality and Rights in Asia - This study focuses on sexual rights issues in the region, evaluating the status of the ICPD PoA undertaken by the government and the concerned NGOs in the field of sexuality education and sexual harassment in workplaces and in educational institutions and discusses obstacles that hinder the progress of actions in enforcing respective laws and implementing policies and interventions

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series 2: Pathways to Universal Access to Reproductive Health Care in Asia - This study takes into account four country case studies (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Pakistan and Thailand) and is part of the ICPD+ 15 project, with a specific focus on privatization and its impact on sexual and reproductive health services in these countries

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series 3: Reproductive Autonomy and Rights in Asia - This study focuses on issues of contraception and unsafe abortion in five countries in Asia, exploring the progress (or lack of thereof) of women’s reproductive autonomy in Asia.

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - Thematic Studies Series 4: Maternal Mortality  Morbidity in Asia - This study focuses on the issue of maternal mortality and morbidity in six countries in Asia, exploring the indicators relating to the prevention of maternal deaths, promotion of maternal health and maternal morbidities. 

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